News from MadisonJournalTODAY - Topics from February, 2009

Attorney general’s opinion surprises school leader

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Wednesday, February 4. 2009
Georgia attorney general Thurbert Baker’s opinion that a consortium of schools can’t use taxpayer dollars to fund a lawsuit against the state came as news to at least one school leader. “I have read the opinion, and all I can say at this point is that I am surprised,” Madison County Schools superintendent Mitch McGhee said in an email. ... [Full Story »] 

Meals on Wheels hits a roadblock

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Monday, February 2. 2009
Services to seniors, homebound, threatened as state continues to cut funds Each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning, three vans leave the Madison County Senior Center to take pre-packaged hot and frozen meals to approximately 70 homebound residents. These deliveries are part of “Meals on Wheels,” a state-funded Medicaid Home and ... [Full Story »] 

County mentoring program enters its eleventh year; mentors challenged to recruit others to the program

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Sunday, February 1. 2009
Mentor coordinator Shirley Aaron believes in the old adage that “everybody knows somebody,” and she decided to apply that statement to growing the school system’s mentor program. A prime example of the results of that application are three young friends who, besides being local youth ministers in their respective churches, have also ... [Full Story »] 
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